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subjunctive::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | subjunctive mood |
| Type of | modality, mode, mood |
subjunctive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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subjunctive verb endings.
Examples of subjunctive
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In this region, the vos-form in the subjunctive has not completely disappeared.
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The subjunctive is a tense in Luganda, rather than a mood as in some languages.
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This mood differs from the subjunctive mood, which occurs in dependent clauses.
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Several substitutions were often used instead of subjunctive clause constructions.
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It is similar to the cohortative mood, and closely related to the subjunctive mood.
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Subjunctive has been the historical name for both forms for a very long time.
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In Canada it is equally rare for anyone to use the imperfect subjunctive in French.
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Present and preterite subjunctive tenses, for hypothetical or uncertain conditions.
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Spanish does have a sort of future subjunctive but it would not be used here.
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- Subjunctive mood: a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
- Relating to a mood of verbs; "subjunctive verb endings"
- In grammar, the subjunctive mood (abbreviated or) is a verb mood typically used in subordinate clauses to express a wish, emotion, possibility, judgment, opinion, necessity, or action that has not yet occurred. ...
- In a (formal style) sentence such as 'The judge ordered that he be detained indefinitely', the passive auxiliary verb be is traditionally said to be in the subjunctive mood, since although it has exactly the same form as the infinitive form be (e.g. ...
- The mood of the verb that indicates possibility, conditionality or probability is called the subjunctive. In Old English it is characterized by the appearance of e or en in the suffix.
- A verb form indicating an existence as doubtful or dependent.
- The name of a mood in which all of the tenses carry some degree of uncertainty
- A modal category: the opposite of indicative. The subjunctive is associated with a number of meanings, especially commands, hypothesis, denial and emotive attitude.
- Used to express a wish or a possibility
